This study is focused on understanding the relation between patient flow and nursing service. Investigated the number of patient and nurse who were under nursing service, after looking into the nursing list concerning the patient who were hospitalized at the mixed surgery unit and the sole surgery unit among the surgery unit in H hospital, one of Third Medical Institution in Seoul, from 1 January to 30 June, 2002.
The result of study are as follows:
1. The mixed surgery unit is three times more than the sole surgery unit concerning the absolute number of admission and discharge´s average in a day.
2. The factor of administration (transferring a room and unit, admission and discharge) and medical treatment (surgery), all of them that the mixed surgery unit is more than the sole surgery unit. This difference had the meaning statistically.
3. The number of patient per nurse is not different between the mixed surgery unit and sole surgery unit, however in case of the number of patient caused by movement factor, the mixed surgery unit is more than the sole surgery unit in a day and month.
Consequently, it suggests to examine the working plan flexibly in a day and month with considering the administration factor such as movement, as thinking over the manpower arrangement in the unit with having the limited manpower.
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